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Task 3

This document provides instructions for a teaching practice task to observe literacy strategies over 4 weeks. Students are asked to record examples of literacy practices and strategies they observe, such as phonics, guided reading, SSR, graded readers, and print-rich environments. They should take photos or videos (with permission) and ask questions to reflect on best practices. The document then prompts the student to discuss literacy strategies they observe in their mentor teacher's classroom, including describing the classroom environment, print elements, variety of books/genres, and the reading area.

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Task 3

This document provides instructions for a teaching practice task to observe literacy strategies over 4 weeks. Students are asked to record examples of literacy practices and strategies they observe, such as phonics, guided reading, SSR, graded readers, and print-rich environments. They should take photos or videos (with permission) and ask questions to reflect on best practices. The document then prompts the student to discuss literacy strategies they observe in their mentor teacher's classroom, including describing the classroom environment, print elements, variety of books/genres, and the reading area.

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Task  3:  Literacy  Strategies  


 

Objective:  To  observe  literacy  strategies  in  action  over  4  weeks.  

Procedure  
♦   This  task  is  intended  to  be  implemented  over  the  four  weeks.    
♦   For  this  task  student  should:  
♦   record  examples  of  practices  and/or  strategies  that  they  observe-­‐  e.g  phonics,  guided  reading,  
Sustained  Silent  Reading,  graded  readers,  literate-­‐rich,  print-­‐rich  environment,    
♦   take  photos  and/or  video  recordings  (if  the  school  and  the  MST  give  permission)  
♦   ask  questions  about  and  reflect  on  best  practice  observed    
 
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LITERACY  STRATEGIES  
 

Observe  your  MST’s  classroom  and  general  practices  you  see  around  the  school.  Discuss  
the  areas  below  in  context  of  what  you  observe  in  school  and  support  with  a  photo  and  a  
reference  to  reading  when  possible.    
 

Describe  the  classroom  environment.    


 
The  classroom  is  tidy;  resources  are  found  in  the  resources  area,  when  it  is  circle  
time,  the  mats  are  on  the  floor.  Each  wall  in  the  class  is  being  used,  where  each  
subject  has  student’s  work  hanged  on  the  wall.  There  is  a  reading  area  in  the  
class,  which  is  important.  Students  pick  a  book  from  the  story  shelf  and  either  sit  
on  the  carpet  or  on  the  table.  The  students  know  where  each  thing  they  need  is  
placed  in  a  known  shelf.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Consider  how  the  class  is  a  print  rich  environment.  What  print  can  you  see  around  the  
room?  (labels,  captions,  flashcards,  headings,  rules,  instructions,  timetable,  flash  cards,  
etc)  For  each  one  you  mention  insert  pictures  and  state  the  purpose  of  each  one.    
 

The  classroom  is  filled  with  student’s  work,  and  each  subject  has  a  poster  
hanged  on  the  wall  that  is  related  to  it.  A  traffic  light  behavior  chart  is  sticked  on  
the  wall  too.  Time  table  is  found  beside  the  teacher’s  desk  where  everyone  can  
see  it.  Whenever  the  students  learn  a  new  map  and  step  story,  the  teacher  
hangs  it  on  the  wall  or  the  board.    

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Is  there  a  variety  of  books  and  genres  in  the  class?  Mention  some.  How  are  they  
displayed?    
 

Yes,  there  is  variety  of  books  and  genres  in  the  class,  such  as:  Fairytales,  poems,  rhymes,  
mixture  of  familiar  and  rich  stories,  and  traditional  tails.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Describe  the  reading  area  in  your  classroom.    


 

The  reading  area  in  the  classroom  is  small  and  cozy,  it  is  a  small  area  with  a  
carpet,  and  pillows.  Sometimes  students  prefer  to  read  while  they  are  sitting  on  
their  tables.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Does  the  teacher  read  to  the  children?  How  often?    How  does  she  motivate  them  to  read?  
 
Yes,  the  teacher  does  read  to  the  children.  Often  before  home  time,  or  during  
library  lesson  every  Thursday.  She  motivates  them  to  read  by  giving  them  3  dojo  
points  or  make  them  choose  their  own  library  books.    
 
 
 
 
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Describe  the  reading  approaches  have  you  observed?  Where  do  the  children  sit?  How  does  
the  teacher  encourage  participation?  During  library  lesson,  the  teacher  tells  the  students  to  
choose  a  book,  then  come  and  read  to  her  the  first  page  so  she  can  check  if  it  is  suitable  for  
them  to  read  or  not.  It  depends  on  the  places  the  students  want  to  read  in,  if  it  is  in  the  
library  they  sit  on  the  bean  bags,  and  if  it  is  in  class  they  either  sit  on  the  carpet  on  chairs.  
The  teacher  encourages  participation  by  motivating  them  and  giving  them  good  feedbacks.  
 
Read  aloud     Shared  reading   Guided  reading   Independent  reading    
 
After last class, Reading lessons. Thursdays (Library) - After the students
if there was are done from their
enough time, the work, they grab a
teacher chooses book from the shelf
a book from the and read.
class and reads it
aloud to the -­‐On  Thursday  during  
students. library  lesson.  
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Consider  how  the  teacher  reminds  children  of  any  concepts  of  print  when  reading?  (left-­‐to-­‐
right,  top  to  bottom,  punctuation,  author,  illustrator,  etc)    
 

Left-­‐to-­‐right  while  giving  them  the  map  and  step,  the  teacher  draws  an  arrow  to  where  it  
ends  and  where  to  complete.  Reminding  them  about  punctuation  whenever  she  gives  them  
something  to  write.  When  reading  a  story,  the  teacher  says  the  author  name  to  the  students  
and  tells  them  that  the  author  means  the  person  who  wrote  the  book/story.  
 
 
 

How  does  the  teacher  teach  phonics  and  word  attack  skills  to  children?  Describe  a  phonics  
lesson  you  observed  and  mention  how  the  children  are  scaffolded  to  recognise  the  word  
and  get  the  meaning.    
 

The  teacher  teaches  phonics  by  first  starting  the  lesson  with  a  presentation  of  the  words  on  
the  board,  through  data  show  and  asks  the  students  to  say  the  words  such  as,  ae-­‐eee  
(peace,  neat,  speak),  ea-­‐eh  such  as  (death,  head,  dead),  then  writes  them  on  the  board,  and  
asks  the  students  to  guess  words  with  ea-­‐ee,  ea-­‐eh,  and  tells  them  to  say  it  out  loud,  then  
she  plays  with  them  bingo,  following  up  with  phoneme  diagraph,  and  an  activity  which  is  
making  the  students  write  harder  words  using  their  white  boards.  The  teacher  scaffolds  the  
students  by  showing  them  the  letter  they  are  taking,  and  how  to  pronounce  it,  then,  make  
them  think  of  new  words  and  sentences  by  themselves.    
 
What  comprehension  strategies  are  the  children  learning/using?    

The  comprehension  strategy  is  picking  out  information  from  the  text.  
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Describe  some  types  of  writing  activities  or  the  method  the  teacher  uses  for  writing  –  e.g  
emergent  writing,  copy  writing,  dictations,  etc    
 
The  types  of  writing  activities  the  teacher  uses  for  writing  are:    
             -­‐  Writing  an  invitation  letters  (copy  writing)  
-­‐   Map  and  step  (helps  the  children  to  orally  rehearse  sentences  before  writing,  this  
encourages  them  to  write  vocabulary  independently.)    
 
-­‐   Spelling  test  every  Thursday    
 
-­‐   Writing  an  innovated  paragraph  (assessment)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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After  the  Observation  -­  Reflection  


 
Choose  3  best  practices  you  observed  during  your  time  in  school.  Reflect  on  these  and  
consider  why  you  could  implement  these  in  a  UAE  primary  classroom  in  the  future.    Explain  
how  these  practices  will  affect  student  learning  and  reading  levels  in  a  primary  class.    
 

One  of  the  3  best  practices  I  observed  during  my  time  in  school  is  when  the  teacher  gave  the  
students  literacy  class  and  made  the  map  and  step  and  read  it  to  the  students,  the    map  and  
step  is  about  the  story  they  have  taken  and  the  teacher  made  it  on  a  poster  where  some  
words  were  drawn  and  some  were  written,  the  map  and  step  helps  the  students  to  
recognize  better  and  to  be  independent  when  trying  to  remember  each  picture  what  it  
describes,  this  method  will  be  good  to  be  implemented  in  a  UAE  primary  classroom  because  
instead  of  just  reading  the  story  over  and  over  from  the  book  and  will  also  help  the  children  
to  write  vocabulary  independently.  The  second  best  practice  was  when  I  observed  my  MST  
during  the  library  lesson  when  she  used  to  sit  on  the  table  and  let  each  student  choose  a  
book  from  their  own  choice  and  then  show  it  to  her  to  decide  whether  it  is  suitable  for  them  
to  read  or  not,  some  students  are  in  a  high  level  ability  and  can  read  big  books  by  
themselves,  so  when  a  teacher  accepts  for  them  to  read  such  books  it  increases  their  level  
of  confidence,  and  for  the  other  students,  if  a  book  was  not  acceptable  for  them  because  it  
is  higher  than  their  ability,  the  teacher  tells  them  to  read  the  first  page  at  least  in  front  of  
her  and  then  tells  them  to  change  it,  by  doing  this,  the  student  will  not  feel  that  he/she  can  
not  read,  it  will  make  them  feel  like  changing  to  another  better  book.    
 

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